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Posted by Zonk on Sunday April 24, 2005 @10:51AM from the chikka-chikka-BOW-chikka-wakka dept.

Nicholas Roussos writes "Playboy is jumping on the PSP bandwagon . CNN reports, 'Playboy Enterprises will announce plans Wednesday to offer nude and non-nude photo galleries that have been specifically formatted for viewing on Sony's Portable PlayStation.' Will the porn industry spearhead the adoption of the PSP like it has with so many other new technologies?"

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Wow, this was slashdotted with zero comments (Score:1)

by marat ( 180984 ) writes:

RTFS
Its OK (Score:1)

by figleaf ( 672550 ) writes:

Its the same images you get on their website.
Nothing to get excited about. (or maybe not!)
- Re:Its OK (Score:1)
  
  by MatW ( 842555 ) writes:
  
  Man what is this world coming to?
What's this all over my PSP? (Score:5, Funny)

by macdaddy357 ( 582412 ) writes: <macdaddy357@hotmail.com> on Sunday April 24, 2005 @10:58AM (#12328933)

Mom! Dad was using my PSP, and now there's some kind of sticky goo all over it!

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- Re:What's this all over my PSP? (Score:1)
  
  by EnronHaliburton2004 ( 815366 ) * writes:
  
  Honey, little Macdaddy was borrowing my 'magazines'. And now they are dirty!
- Re:What's this all over my PSP? (Score:2, Informative)
  
  by Anonymous Coward writes:
  
  where is the 0:disgusting mod when you need it?
- Re:What's this all over my PSP? (Score:4, Funny)
  
  by St. Arbirix ( 218306 ) writes: <matthew.townsend ... m ['il.' in gap]> on Sunday April 24, 2005 @11:40AM (#12329139) Homepage Journal
  
  Does that mean Sony is finally going to start shipping an all-weather slipcover for the PSP?
  
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  - Interesting sort of weather. (Score:1)
    
    by game kid ( 805301 ) writes:
    
    Besides, isn't there similar technology [trojancondoms.com] for Dad himself?
    
    Makes me doubt that'll happen. I think.
Good thing it is portable... (Score:3, Funny)

by NashCarey ( 765512 ) * writes: on Sunday April 24, 2005 @11:07AM (#12328974) Homepage Journal

When I am at work taking PSP to the toilet to play could mean a whole new thing for me.

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- Re:Good thing it is portable... (Score:2)
  
  by superpulpsicle ( 533373 ) writes:
  
  Ummm yeah. I am still waiting for Virtual Valerie to hit PSP.
Gee... How useful... (Score:1)

by Pikace ( 878395 ) writes:

What will they thinkk of next? Might as well put a microwave on my PSP. I don't think I would need much else.
You're just copying images to the memory card (Score:4, Insightful)

by miaDWZ ( 820679 ) writes: <alan&alanisherwood,id,au> on Sunday April 24, 2005 @11:13AM (#12329004) Homepage

With this, you're not even using the built-in WiFi to go to the website and get the photos - it would appear they just give you the images in a compressed archive, and you're expected to copy these images to the memory card.

How is this any different to what can already be done on any other pr0n website on the Internet?

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- Re:You're just copying images to the memory card (Score:1)
  
  by Pikace ( 878395 ) writes:
  
  Yes, but one gets to waste their money buying OFFICIAL PLAYBOY pictures made just for the psp. Who would pass up an oppurtunity to feel so special?
- The difference. . . (Score:3, Interesting)
  
  by MonkeyBunker ( 858589 ) writes:
  
  The only real difference is that they are formatting the images specifically to fit on the screen of the PSP.
amusing title (Score:5, Funny)

by ExKoopaTroopa ( 671002 ) writes: <.tkoopa. .at. .gmail.com.> on Sunday April 24, 2005 @11:20AM (#12329044)

the first thing I thought of while reading the title was that this must be about a Gameboy emulator on PSP

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- Re:amusing title (Score:2)
  
  by mh101 ( 620659 ) writes:
  
  Ha... I'm glad I'm not the only one!
- Re:amusing title (Score:1)
  
  by MykeBNY ( 303290 ) * writes:
  
  Me three! I'm such a geek.
  
  And honestly, I'd say I'd get much more excited over a GBA emulator for the PSP than I would for small, very lossily compressed, unmoving erotic pictures.
  
  High quality full-motion videos with sound, on the other hand...
- Re:amusing title (Score:1)
  
  by Justice_2003 ( 878664 ) writes:
  
  And if it was actually about a Gameboy emulator on PSP. With that headline people could have seen it the other way, as playboy pron on psp.
Re: PSP (Score:2, Funny)

by Anonymous Coward writes:

Pron Station Portable?
Why not on the DS also? (Score:2, Insightful)

by Anonymous Coward writes:

Surely the DS is more suited for "touching".
Misunderstood the title... (Score:2, Redundant)

by mh101 ( 620659 ) writes:

My first reaction was that someone must have written a Gameboy emulator for Playstation Portable, and called it Playboy. Then I read the blurb.

In my defence, I've only been out of bed for about 5 minutes...
- Re:Misunderstood the title... (Score:2, Interesting)
  
  by RootsLINUX ( 854452 ) writes:
  
  it's ok, I was the same and I've been out of bed for about 5 hours. Seriously though, why would you need porn on your PSP? Does Playboy think that men are going to "read the articles" when they are commuting or in public places? It doesn't make any sense to me.
Before you think the wrong thing... (Score:4, Funny)

by vslashg ( 209560 ) writes: on Sunday April 24, 2005 @11:45AM (#12329178)

...I only bought the PSP for the articles.

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Hun? (Score:2, Insightful)

by soimless ( 651224 ) writes:

Wasn't it becuse sony didn't want porn on the Betamax that the Betamax got it's ass kicked by VHS? I don't think sony would be very happy about this nor do I think it would spread very fast when you can crop and compress the images and movies your self.
- Re:Hun? (Score:4, Interesting)
  
  by Southpaw018 ( 793465 ) * writes: on Sunday April 24, 2005 @01:09PM (#12329811) Journal
  
  The porn industry has actually had an effect on a lot of developing technologies. Depending on whom you ask, the porn industry may have had a very large hand in deciding the VHS vs. Betamax format war, and it may again have a huge impact on the upcoming Blu-Ray Disc vs. HD-DVD "situation" when the formats hit market. Though it operates somewhat "behind the scenes," the gross of over $5 billion per year (geek comments aside) isn't anything to shake a, uh...fist at. ;)
  
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  - Re:Hun? (Score:1)
    
    by ExKoopaTroopa ( 671002 ) writes:
    
    don't forget the prOn industry created online purchasing (they we the first to use it in a widespread fashion , no pun intended)
Geek pr0n (Score:1)

by Yaotzin ( 827566 ) writes:

"We know that many Playboy fans are also gaming enthusiasts who are likely to buy this type of device, so it was a natural progression for us to design this," said John. D. Thomas, editor of Playboy.com, in a statement.
What? Geeks like pr0n?
SNES porn cartridges (Score:3, Interesting)

by antifoidulus ( 807088 ) writes: on Sunday April 24, 2005 @12:26PM (#12329493) Homepage Journal

Anyone out there know anything about snes porn cartridges? A bit off topic I know, but I got a bunch of roms at one point, and intermixed with the real video games were a couple of roms that just had grainy porn pics on them. Were these ever released as (obviously) unlicenced cartridges?
Amazing the innovation of the porn industry....

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- Re:SNES porn cartridges (Score:2)
  
  by B00yah ( 213676 ) writes:
  
  nope, those are strictly created by roms hackers, as just another means to spread the pr0n. I've got a *complete* (as of 2 years ago) collection of SNES roms, and those types, along with every other hacked rom, are included.
Popularity? (Score:4, Insightful)

by MagicDude ( 727944 ) writes: on Sunday April 24, 2005 @12:27PM (#12329502)

I don't think this would be all that popular amongst the main stream. Unless you're that creepy guy on the subway reading a Hustler, or that perv downloading porn on the library computer, most people prefer to do their porn viewing in private. And if you are at home, would you rather be looking at porn on a 3x5 screen, or on your 19" monitor?

This isn't to say that there aren't people who have no problem with watching porn in public, but the demographic who is most likely to have the money and the desire to buy a PSP is also a demographic who would know to be a bit more discreet about such things.

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- Market Appeal (Score:2)
  
  by Westacular ( 118145 ) writes:
  
  So you're saying that Playboy will have a hard time trying to penetrate this market?
Well.. (Score:3, Interesting)

by Sv-Manowar ( 772313 ) writes: on Sunday April 24, 2005 @01:32PM (#12329981) Homepage Journal

The interesting thing however... Some time ago, someone i know in the adult industry suggested making some adult games for GBA (Game Boy Advance). He was a professional system programmer and he knew well the GBA architecture. However, when he suggested this at an adult industry event, full of huge companies, the people there told him "NO-NO!"

The GBA is PRIMARY intended for kids, so Nintendo will never allow him to issue such a game... So Here is a question: isn't PSP also PRIMARY intended for kids? (Yes, a certain demographic of adults would have them, quite a large demographic, but 'primarily'

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- Re:Well.. (Score:2)
  
  by Lally Singh ( 3427 ) writes:
  
  Primarily, no. It's designed for adults, 18-35.
- Re:Well.. (Score:2)
  
  by AvantLegion ( 595806 ) writes:
  
  >> isn't PSP also PRIMARY intended for kids?
  No. Just because something is related to video games does not mean it's primarily for kids, grandpa.
- Re:Well.. (Score:2)
  
  by mutewinter ( 688449 ) writes:
  
  When non-gamers look at video games they think "kids." When you look at the statistics its mostly adults 18-35.
- Re:Well.. (Score:1)
  
  by jcuffe ( 873322 ) writes:
  
  primarily - adv.
  1. Chiefly; mainly: a scholastic program primarily for seniors; a primarily middle-class neighborhood.
  
  Anyway, I don't think anything that costs such a large amount of money for such a small object is either targeted at children or likely to be bought by parents for children.
Lefty or Righty? (Score:5, Funny)

by droleary ( 47999 ) writes: on Sunday April 24, 2005 @03:08PM (#12330762) Homepage

Will the porn industry spearhead the adoption of the PSP like it has with so many other new technologies?

Maybe. How easy is it to use a PSP with one hand?

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screenshots? (Score:2, Funny)

by Kesha ( 5861 ) writes:

Another lame attempt at a joke ;-)
Good IDea? (Score:2)

by Elranzer ( 851411 ) writes:

"Will the porn industry spearhead the adoption of the PSP like it has with so many other new technologies?"

At first I thought this was a stupid idea. Then I realized, that the geeks who shelled out the $250+ for this system and still insist on referring to it as "sleek and sexy" are the ones who need this the most.
Cool (Score:1)

by MrRoarkeLovesTattoo ( 878817 ) writes:

Porn to go. That ought to be real popular on the commute to work. Or better yet, on the school bus.
That's why there are stuck buttons! (Score:2)

by hal2814 ( 725639 ) writes:

And everyone was trying to blame Sony for shoddy craftsmanship.
Sony ranames PSP (Score:1)

by angedinoir ( 699322 ) writes:

PWS == Portable Wank Station

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Wow, this was slashdotted with zero comments (Score:1)

Its OK (Score:1)

Re:Its OK (Score:1)

What's this all over my PSP? (Score:5, Funny)

Re:What's this all over my PSP? (Score:1)

Re:What's this all over my PSP? (Score:2, Informative)

Re:What's this all over my PSP? (Score:4, Funny)

Interesting sort of weather. (Score:1)

Good thing it is portable... (Score:3, Funny)

Re:Good thing it is portable... (Score:2)

Gee... How useful... (Score:1)

You're just copying images to the memory card (Score:4, Insightful)

Re:You're just copying images to the memory card (Score:1)

The difference. . . (Score:3, Interesting)

amusing title (Score:5, Funny)

Re:amusing title (Score:2)

Re:amusing title (Score:1)

Re:amusing title (Score:1)

Re: PSP (Score:2, Funny)

Why not on the DS also? (Score:2, Insightful)

Misunderstood the title... (Score:2, Redundant)

Re:Misunderstood the title... (Score:2, Interesting)

Before you think the wrong thing... (Score:4, Funny)

Hun? (Score:2, Insightful)

Re:Hun? (Score:4, Interesting)

Re:Hun? (Score:1)

Geek pr0n (Score:1)

SNES porn cartridges (Score:3, Interesting)

Re:SNES porn cartridges (Score:2)

Popularity? (Score:4, Insightful)

Market Appeal (Score:2)

Well.. (Score:3, Interesting)

Re:Well.. (Score:2)

Re:Well.. (Score:2)

Re:Well.. (Score:2)

Re:Well.. (Score:1)

Lefty or Righty? (Score:5, Funny)

screenshots? (Score:2, Funny)

Good IDea? (Score:2)

Cool (Score:1)

That's why there are stuck buttons! (Score:2)

Sony ranames PSP (Score:1)

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